I'd like to make a visual novel and was wondering if anyone had any advice for getting started. I can program a bit of JavaScript, but I wouldn't call myself an expert. Right now I'm looking into novel makers like Novelty and TyranoBuilder, which seem to be ok. However, I'd like to make my game a little more interactive and I'm not sure if either one supports what I'm trying to do. For instance, if a character is looking at the room, I'd like the objects in the room to be click-able...grab the coffee cup, open the fridge, turn on the tv...that kind of stuff.

I have been gaming for over 25 years. (Any one remember Nethack or asteroids played on old DEC equipment.) Well one thing that has pretty much turned me off is the shit put out by Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Origin, and a whole bunch of others. The seem to reach 80% complete rather quickly then remain 20 percent incomplete for ever. Perfect case in point, fallout 4 building. Try to put a pre-fab structure on a foundation. You will fuck with for hours and hours. AUTOCAD SOLVED THAT PROBLEM 25 YEARS AGO. Which tells me that the developers of AMERICAN COMPUTER GAMES aren't worth the gun powder to put a bullet their collective heads. But Games that come from outside the United States seem to work perfectly right out of the box.

Hey Voat! I'm sorry I haven't been very active lately. About a year and a half ago I went heads-down on a game I had started developing. It was based on providing players with a multiplayer version of Advance Wars. Those games had multiplayer, but each game took an awful long time, so I decided to center the game around players having many simultaneous games going at once, and then logging on once or twice a day to take their turns in those games. I emerged a few days ago with Meatshields!

It's totally free, no in-game purchases or cosmetics or anything. You need to create a username and display name, but that's it. No email verification. There is an automatic tutorial that starts but if you're already familiar with the game you can just beat a bot match from the "New Game" tab and it will let you queue. (Shouldn't take long, the bots are dumb and move instantly :)). Let me know what you guys think!